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Does your front office feel overwhelmed? Kiera shares what the problem is 99% of the time, as well as how to clear up the confusion, and three tactics that bring about clarity and control very quickly. Episode resources: Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Schedule a Practice Assessment Leave us a review Trasnscript: Kiera Dent- Dental A Team (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team listeners, this is Kiera. And today, I just wanted to talk about front office overwhelm. Like, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. That's a real thing, it's a real deal. This happens all the time. And I just want you guys to be able to fix that quickly and easily. So today, we're here to wrap. We're here to have a good time. We're here to talk about the front desk overwhelm and how you can fix that and do it with a ton of ease. So. If your front office feels overwhelmed, if you feel like they're overwhelmed, if you're ever scared to walk up there because you're like, my gosh, they're always stressed out. This is the episode for you and your front office team, because honestly, it's usually not that they have too much to do. It's that they're just, I call it front office soup. Then they're just all like, it's a bowl of spaghetti and we're all slurring and slopping and it's just a mess up there. But because we just have to figure out what matters and who does what. And it usually, in front office team members, I hope you hear me loud and clear, I'm not being a jerk, I'm Kiera Dent from the block and I've sat in your shoes and I understand it and I've been in your shoes and I know this overwhelmed feeling. It's not usually a workload problem. Usually what it is, is it's a role clarity problem. 99.9 % of the time, if we clean that up and we like untangle the ball of spaghetti, everybody's super happy, everybody's clear and things start rocking and rolling. So. Again, this is where we're at today. I wanted to just give a quick tactical podcast for you for that front desk overwhelm. And I want you to just know that like at Dental A Team , every single consultant on our team has been in your shoes. ⁓ I don't just say these words on the intro to the episode. We don't just understand you. We genuinely are you. We've been in your shoes. We've sat in your shoes. We've sat at the front office. We've taken the phone calls. We've had the schedule fall apart last minute. I've had the treatment plans not close. I've had doctor on my case saying, Kiera. get the schedule full and I'm like, I don't really know what to do, okay? I've had that phone running a million miles a minute. We get it. It's chaotic up there, but it doesn't need to be chaos. And so when we have all that, how can we take the urgency away and help you focus on the important thing? And so this is gonna help us kind of figure out like, why do people get overwhelmed? How do get the confusion cleared up? And then what are three things that bring clarity and control very quickly? That's not gonna take months and months to get that stabilized, but to actually do it really quickly. If you don't know us, hi, we're the Dental A Team. I'm Kiera Dent. Dent really is my last name. It took me three fiancees. You can ask me about that later. It's a real joke, but it's a real life. I love dentistry. I love helping people have their best lives. And I love the dentistry as the platform that brings us all together. I've been a dental assistant, a treatment coordinator, a scheduler, biller, an office manager, regional manager. have all my own practices. I took my first office from 500,000 to 2.4 million in nine months and opened a second location. To say I've been around the block is not a lie. I have bought practices, I've sold practices, I've been parts of DSOs, I've been part of boutique practices, I've merged offices, you name it. I don't think that there's a single thing that I haven't done yet in dentistry, so try me. I'd love to meet somebody that I'm like, yep, never heard of that before. ⁓ And our job is to make dentistry fun again. Our job is to make you love your life again. Our job is to bring simple clarity. But as a business owner myself, I hated where I'd go to conferences and people would just talk. to me and I have to go back and rally my team and I realized I'm gonna create a business that's gonna make your life easier. So we actually work with doctors and teams. We help doctors set the vision, where are we all going? And then we figure out your finances. Let's make sure you're profitable. And if you have tax aversion, like you're so scared of it. Not that you don't pay it, don't get me crazy on that, but that you're so scared because you feel like you're making money but you're always broke. We help offices actually like find the money, keep the money, make the money. Like let's have you be profitable. And then the other part is how do we do system and team development together? I call that the yes model. You first vision, making sure you're taking care of E stands for earnings and profitability. S is systems and team development. Doing that yes, success model. So you can say yes to more in your life. Truly, truly. And teams freaking love us because guess what? We get this. We understand it. Doctors love us because we're magic magicians that can fix it with your team, but also help you be profitable. It's like. Let's put a bow on all the beauty together. So let's talk about your front office because everything freaking feels like a priority. my gosh, I gotta answer the phone and check patients out. I gotta try and schedule all the doctors asking me questions. I gotta keep my doctor busy. I've got constant interruptions nonstop. As soon as feel like I get patients checked in, that hygiene team's bringing them right back out. It is nuts. And it's because we just don't have priorities hierarchied. And also we're not using time when we need to. So when front office is jumping between five tasks and finishing none of them well, that's chaos. And so how can we actually make it to where things aren't as chaotic? Because yes, you're always gonna have interruptions. And I think for us to never feel like, I can never have interruptions, like that's not my perfect date. That's not real life. We signed up for an amazing job that's very busy up front. And I feel like my job in front office, I say like, I'm here for air traffic control. Like that's my job. And I'm gonna make sure every plane lands easily, AKA every patient has an appointment. I get them scheduled. We're gonna have calm. Like I want to feel like JFK's airport. Like we're there. I just think about that airport and that air traffic control. I'm like, they have people flying in and out like mayhem or you can go to Atlanta or you can go to like any big city. Like think about that air traffic controller. And that's who like, I want to be at the front office. So front office team members, hopefully that's a good vision for you of, Hey, yes, we've got a million things going on, but we are laser focused on what's the most important thing. And so I love to give like, okay, number one, our scheduling person, what's their number one job? Their number one job is to make sure our schedule is filled to goal every single day. That's your job. So hygiene and doctor like bada bing, bada boom, that's your role. You keep them on there and you do not leave the day until your schedule is full. Like I'm not having you go home like, well, I did my best. ⁓ Outcomes over activities. I am big on this. We own our role. We don't just do a job. We own that. So if I'm a scheduling guru, you better believe I'm going to have my hygiene schedule full, full. That doesn't mean perfect. It means full and productive. And I'm going to have my doctor schedule the goal. treatment coordinators, your number one job is to have your doctor's hitting goal or exceeding goal every single day. Not a full schedule. I don't want all the white space filled in. But if my doctor needs to be hitting 5,500, you make it rain sister or gentlemen, you go figure out how to do it. You go look at your unscheduled treatment plans. I'm not gonna say you sit here and call 20 unscheduled treatment plans unless you're an office that's 7.5 million, then yes, maybe we'll put that as a job. But 99 % of the time, your job is to call as many as needed to get your schedule full, period. So scheduling coordinators, it's to make sure we're running on time, hygiene's full. Sometimes I have doctor over there. Treatment coordinators, you're always responsible for getting doctors scheduled to go. Billers, 98 % collections, non-negotiable. We gotta have money in the bank, otherwise we're broke and we can't feed our team. And we've done the work, we need to collect the money. So from there, and then office managers, your job is to make sure profitability is there, KPIs are being hit, and the whole team is flourishing. So that's just like a very simple like. Yeah, but Kiera who's first on phones first on phones is scheduler first person they're always on it unless you guys like no we want them to be concierge style we have a concierge then they're not first on phones but we have somebody who's first who's second who's third on phones so as that phone rings we've got it can you set up a phone tree so where if they've got billing questions it just goes to the billing line and the biller can help with that if you're like Kiera I only have two people in my front office fan freaking tastic we need to have dedicated power hour time so front office and scheduler usually does insurance verification too typically that's who's gonna do it but sometimes my treatment coordinators, like they want to make sure that they get all their insurance verification done and they have maybe a bit more time than our schedulers do. So again, it's who's got the most amount of time and who's the best with bandwidth on that. That's how I'm gonna set it up. If you have a bill or a dedicated bill or they're gonna do insurance verification for you, insurance verification should take you two to four hours max. And I'm talking to max a day. If we're taking longer than that, we gotta figure out how to be a bit more efficient and I got great ways to do it, like lump them together. I got a ton of podcasts onto it. but we've got to just make sure that each person, and I love end of day checklist where, and it's not we wait till the end of the day, it's we get this stuff done during the day, but by the end of the day, all this needs to be stamped, signed, delivered. So scheduler, you're responsible for hygiene, making sure it's full and up to par, possibly insurance verification, possibly doctor, depending upon your office. Treatment coordinator, non-negotiable doctor scheduled to go every single day. I'm talking if I'm working four days, three of my four have to be to go, period. And the first patient of the day, Please, please, please, please, please do not leave me one that's unconfirmed. And you're like, well, it's full. If they're unconfirmed, they're not showing. Like I might get lucky, but don't do that. Make sure it's a guaranteed confirm. Move those patients off. I've got a ton of verbiage for getting patients off the schedule. So we're not sitting there with like, to me, those are like gap fillers. Like it makes us feel good, but it's not gonna actually, like that's not me owning. I know that patient's not gonna show up. I call and call and call until I get people. So I start doing my confirmations at usually eight or nine in the morning. So I've got time and I do a 48 hour confirmation guarantee. So if they're not there, and then we started implementing with a lot of offices that if they don't call and confirm you, we are moving you off the schedule to open that space up because we do need confirmation you will be here. I have moved patients off the schedule. Yeah, I'm gonna have about five people mad at me, but guess what? It's gonna fix 95 % of my problems. I can handle those five upset patients with me. I can handle that. If someone comes in duplicative, I can handle that. Ladies and gents in the front office, air traffic controllers, you're also word ninjas. And you gotta learn to word ninja your way through a lot of things. Words are free. You can handle those hard conversations, but what we can't handle is not having productive schedules to where doctors aren't making money, we're not making money, and we're gonna go under. We can't handle that, but I can handle one or two upset patients. But I can also set up expectations so they're not upset with me, because I don't want to get berated. That's no fun for anybody. So clear ownership, who does what, what are the simple KPIs for each of them? Put that in place, have us track it. That just right there, hopefully cleaned up 90 % of your issues. Now everyone was like, yeah, but we all do it together. High five. I love that you have teamwork. Like genuinely love it. Teamwork though is that game where it's who's on first, what's on second, I don't know, is on third. it's like who, like what thought everybody was going to do it? Everybody thought nobody was going to do it. So then somebody picked it up, but then nobody respond like, It's a mess. So I love that y'all help each other. We just have to know at the end of the day, who's the one who puts the button on it? Who's the one who puts the final bow on it? Yes, we can all help each other, but I need a clear owner of each specific thing. I need a clear owner of hygiene and getting them scheduled. I need a clear owner of insurance verification. I need a clear owner of doctor's production. I need a clear owner of collections. Like I need those clear buttoned, tidied, and I need a clear owner of who answers the phone first. There are several others. I know that there's more and you're like, but what about this? What about this? Again, it's just playing this game and you guys can get sticky notes, write them all up, put them there. I have end of day checklist. I'm happy to share with people, but we've got to have roles are shared, but they've got to be owned. So like it's a clear owner. You can have help. I'm fine with that, but you have to own it and you've got to own those results. Again, it's outcomes over activity. I am so grateful you called 50 people, but if we don't have people on the books, you gotta call 51 or 52 or 53 or 54. And when you own that and you know that, guess what? How do I become a killer treatment coordinator? Because I knew I had to put people on the schedule and I wasn't gonna call them all night long. I was like, I got a family, I wanna go home. But I knew that that was my responsibility and I owned that result. So when we have shared responsibility, it actually creates drop in responsibility. So clean it up, if everyone owns it, no one owns it. So we have clear owners. And then what we have from there is we just have set systems. So what is our system for doing scheduling? What's our power hour? I put schedulers back there, I put insurance for everybody. Put them behind the door for two hours where they're not being disrupted. Unscheduled treatment plans. Give that treatment coordinator one hour of blocked time. Go make it rain, honey. Like call the patients, text the patients. We are focusing on highest level priority things. Look over your treatment tracker. Practice your verbiage. What are the things that aren't closing for you? Why? But we actually spend it. And so put the systems into place. What is it? Some people have like... To me, these are slightly aggressive checklists, but if it works for you, it's not aggressive. It's like by 10 a.m., all confirmations need to be done. By 12, all insurance verification needs to be done. By two o'clock, all of the schedule is filled to capacity. And then we're scheduled two days out or whatever it is. You can have it where it's benchmarks like that so we don't get stuck and then it's like four o'clock. I'm like, where did our day go? Sometimes those mile markers really can help, but we have to have set systems, set processes that everybody's following and we all know it. And that's going to help because this helps when we bring on new people. How do we schedule? How do we treatment plan? How do we follow up? Getting those protocols written so it's not just living in our head. If it's in our head, we're dead. We got to get it out. We got to have those systems and protocols written. so systems don't live in people. ⁓ Systems like we're not relying on people. We're relying on systems. So when I look at that, systems are on paper or in video form, not in memory. That then helps. Like if there's just one person that's like, well, Sue's out. We had a Sue in one of my offices. I'm like, I don't know how to do the billing. I don't know how to collect the money. I don't know how to schedule patients. Sue did it all. But if Sue goes on vacation, the practice is donezo. Like you cannot be reliant on a Sue in your practice. We need to have systems. We need to have processes. Yes, I want clear owners. But if that owner's on vacation, which they should be like our marketer Eve, she just went, she's like, it was awesome. I disconnected for an entire week. Didn't check Slack. I knew everything would be taken care of and I came back and she had like three Slack messages of things that were missed. That is truly a systematized organization. Yes, I'm having a little kudos moment. It just happened yesterday. So yes, it's a brag moment on our side. But I think about that. Like could your Sue, Alison, Kiera, Tiffanie, Jenny take off for two weeks and would you guys be okay? And if the answer is no, we gotta get those systems written and then we need to send them on vacation and test it and see how we survive. because we've got to be able to have it. So the three things that will fix this very quickly is number one, we've got to get clear ownership and that's ownership, not just job descriptions. Ownership, who owns scheduling, who owns phones, who owns our collections, who owns our treatment plans, who owns our doctor schedule. Get those things and eliminate overlap. Everybody in the front office is going to feel 20 times better and then have it on KPIs where we're tracking it every single week so we can see the progress and make sure it's true ownership, not just checking boxes. Number two is we have a priority framework for an office. So what is it? Because like I can have my checklist and I can know this. Number one is my KPI. But before my KPI, patient in front of me, always. Always, always the patient who's in front of me. Then it's my KPI, that's my number two. And then it's gonna be team needs. And then from there, always phone for me. Phone is pretty high up there. Like I say, it's patient in front of me, phone. And then it's gonna be my KPI. So you can be like, well, that phone's ringing. Okay, great. So then I can throw it and be like patient in front of me, KPI phones. Phones are so valuable. And if we don't answer and take care of it, but let's get a phone tree because we don't need to answer every phone call. The phone calls I really need to answer are my new patients. That's what I need. Also stop letting cancellations happen on your voicemails. Save yourself some time. The dermatologist that I'm going to, no voicemail. Like literally it's not even there. I can't leave a voicemail. And I have to call during business hours, period. Like that's just how it works. And if I want to get into them and you might be like, but I'm so nervous. I'm going to have patients that won't call. That's fine. But I leave a voicemail and I have it. And I say, don't accept any appointment changes via voicemail. Please call during business hours. I also do not accept them via text message. I make my patients, if they're going to break up with me or having a phone, a voice to voice conversation, you're not just able to text me. Like we don't break up via text here. You get to call me, have a conversation. And that's how I'm going to help save my time on that as well. Have a phone tree. Make sure that it's really set. So you know it's patient, my KPI, phones, whatever your guys' thing is, but make that priority framework for you so everybody's following it, we all know. So that way we're not sitting here with this like built up resentment of like, duh, you should be fixing the schedule. When it's like, they're with a patient. Now, team members, I have that priority framework, but that doesn't mean I don't get to own my KPI. My number is my responsibility. And yes, I can sit here and chat all day long with my patient, because they're number one, but that doesn't mean that I don't get to own my number. I'm responsible for owning, like own that thing, air traffic controllers. You can't just be like, well, my job is to like make sure the plans land, ⁓ treatment and schedules. And then be like, but like I got busy and we were chatting with the pilot. They're gonna crash. No, you can chat, but you need to still own your role, okay? And then number three is build simple, repeatable systems. So that way like Sue, Jenny, Sarah, Kiera, Tiff, anybody can go on vacation. and we're not gonna drown and think, yes, we'll be tired and we'll be glad they're back. Like I missed Eve, I'm super happy she's back, but our company didn't go under without her. And that's how your team should be as well. So, front office overwhelm is usually not about the team, it's just about clarity and consistency. It's about roles and systems being clear and defined, so that way confidence can go up and stress can go down. And I know you might be like, this was such a like 20 minute podcast to clean up my whole front office. And I wanna say like, it really can be that easy. I think that teams get in this, I think ego gets a little bit in the way of like, I've always been doing this. I think it's a little scary to shake up a role cause you're good at it. ⁓ But I think, not I think I know, if I have done this in 500 plus practices with our entire team, I know we can do it for you and your team too. And it's not a set, deadly team is not a set like, you have to do this. Like that's a cookie cutter. That was me like pressing my Christmas tree into the cookie. ⁓ You don't have to just be a Christmas tree or. an ornament or a square or a triangle. It is what is best for your practice. We will share best practices, but ultimately this is your teen year practice. They live there, I don't live there. So let's make it a place that they're happy to live. Let's make it a place that you're clear. And then doctors is great for you. So if you need a scheduling issue, you go to Kiera. If you have a treatment plan issue and your day's not scheduled, the goal, you go to Sarah. If you have an issue with billing, you go to Monica. Like you just go to your correct people. So that will help you. So look at that, see it really does like. clear front office creates a calm place. And ⁓ I just want to say that it's very doable. We do this all the time. think I'd say probably like 70 % of our consulting is on front office and just helping because it is a slush pond up there and it does get messy and we're all trying to help each other and we all have the same goals and desires, but it's on the execution of those goals and desires and how it's being done to create the simplicity or the chaos. So reach out. I'd love to help you out. Let's see if you're a great fit. Let's see if we can help you. take the pieces, implement today, whether you reach out to Dental A Team to get help for your front office because they just don't know it. If your front office listens to this and you guys have a meeting and you divide it up and make your end of day checklist, whatever it is, but do something to go from that chaos to that calm. It is very doable. We do this all the time. I would say we are freaking experts at it. So reach out, Hello@TheDentalATeam.com. And as always, thanks for listening. I'll catch you next time on the Dental A Team podcast.
Welcome to the summer of the war horse, AKA the songs you've heard countless times in figure skating. But how well do you really know them? One thing is for sure: WE definitely didn't know them as well as we thought. We're diving into the history of these pieces of music as well as the most iconic figure skating programs that use them throughout the summer. This week, our subject is BOLERO by Maurice Ravel. To watch the programs discussed in the episode, go to our YouTube page and find the Bolero playlist!Subscribe for Olympic coverage, breakdowns, and storytelling from inside the sport.Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheRunthroughPodcastWatch us on Youtube: The RunthroughFollow us on social: Instagram | TikTokPatreon subscribers gain access to each episode in video format two days before the audio release, plus access to exclusive bonus content and private chats with our fellow members!
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The best (and cheapest) therapy for those small things that get under your skin is sometimes a good venting session so you can get it off your chest and move on with your life! And if you're not privy to the first-hand vent-a-thon, then being a fly on the wall listening is hopefully equally therapeutic and also maybe entertaining. Welcome to Rant Therapy, a podcast short powered by the hosts of the Happy Eating podcast, Brierley Horton and Carolyn Williams, where we periodically share our real-life venting sessions with each other—AKA what we're “so over”. Rant Therapy: Where's My Mascara? Thank you for listening to Rant Therapy on the Happy Eating Podcast. Tune in weekly on Thursdays for new episodes and new rants on Tuesdays. For even more Happy Eating, head to our website! https://www.happyeatingpodcast.com Learn More About Our Hosts: Carolyn Williams PhD, RD: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realfoodreallife_rd/ Website: https://www.carolynwilliamsrd.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealFoodRealLifeRD/ Brierley Horton, MS, RD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brierleyhorton/ Got a question or comment for the pod? Please shoot us a message! happyeatingpodcast@gmail.com Produced by Lester Nuby OE Productions To contact Lester - olelegante@gmail.com
This week on TGIM, Nicole gets real about the unseen price of entrepreneurship, AKA the moments you don't want to show up, the tasks that feel tedious, and the invisible work that builds freedom later. If you've ever struggled to start the work you know matters, procrastinated on big goals, or wondered why the freedom everyone promises feels just out of reach, this episode is for you.Nicole dives into how reframing “hard” work as the price of entry can shift your mindset, your energy, and your results - without burning out or hating the process. She shares the tools and strategies she uses to overcome resistance, make decisions without negotiation, gamify her work, and connect every task to her bigger vision.What you'll take away from this episode:How to reframe tasks you don't want to do as the price you pay for freedom, growth, and resultsWhy resistance is normal, and how to move through it without guilt or frustrationStrategies to "shrink the window" and tackle overwhelming tasks in manageable chunksHow to connect your work to your bigger vision so it feels energizing instead of tediousTips for building reward systems that motivate and sustain your focusHow committing to yourself and your priorities creates long-term time freedomWhether you're tackling admin, batch-recording content, or hustling toward your next launch, this episode will help you see the hard work as the investment it truly is, and finally enjoy the rewards of showing up consistently.Take our FREE quiz: https://www.myalignedpurpose.com/quizGrab your ticket for SHE LEADS: https://www.myalignedpurpose.com/she-leads-2027Pre-order our book: https://www.myalignedpurpose.com/presale
We take a dive into the sold items at the recent Goldin Auction of Star Wars collectibles, and we assess the hits and misses of some pretty rare items. Did you follow the auction? Let us know in the comments below!
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Hyperion Adventures Podcast: Everything Disney for Every Fan
Disney B-Sides - Part 1 We've mentioned it several times. You've told us some of your favorite episodes are our music focused shows. Whether it's Our 5 Favorite lists or our Hits We Wish Were Disney Songs, you've made it clear you really enjoy episodes that are filled with Disney Tunes. So, this week, we're bringing you another one. And, this time, it's a brand new series we're calling Disney B-Sides. We pick three Disney Musicals and share which songs would be released as the hit single, and which songs would make the flip-side of the 45 to complement it. AKA, the B-Side! For part one of this series, we've decided to choose our favorite A-Side & B-Side songs from Hecules, Beauty & the Beast and High School Musical. Play along and see if you would be adding our singles to your record collection. Disney Stories of the Week Once we complete our discussion of Disney B-Sides - Part 1, it's time for the Disney Stories of the Week. In this episode, we tell you about another incredible and well-deserved honor for a trailblazing Disney Legend. Certainly, that's not all. As always, we wrap it all up with tips that might help you on your next Disney vacation. If you have any comments, questions, or requests to cover a particular topic, please feel free to Contact Us! We also invite you to join the positive fun in our Hyperion Adventurers Facebook Group as well as our Hyperion Mornings on YouTube for a daily dose of live positive chat! Thanks for listening! Cheers!
Welcome back to the show for working mums! AKA all mums because all mum's work. On today's show:Bullshit jobs: Is there work we do every day that secretly feels completely unnecessary? The childcare subsidy is one size fits all. So where does that leave the parents and families that the model doesn't work for? —Got a question? Submit it here! —Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, subscribe or write a review.You can also find us on Instagram:@readyornot.pod@laurentreweek_@lucindamckimm_And join us on DOME below! YEEHAW!homeofdome.com/ready-or-not/— This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurong people of the Kulin Nation. The land on which we're lucky enough to raise our sons and daughters always was and always will be Aboriginal land. We Pay The Rent and you can too here.This month, Ready or Not is proudly brought to you by Yoto. Use our discount Code: READYORNOT15 for 15% off your Yoto device [not to be used with any other offer, valid from 1st May - 5th June.] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rationing. It's a word which sends shivers down the spine. A word which conjures up Spam and powdered eggs, potato peel pie and cabbage. Endless cabbage. But it wasn't all doom and gloom. And today we celebrate the woman who taught Britain how to 'make do': the glorious Marguerite Patten.Her recipes went down in history and she's still the cook with the most books – 170 at the last count. Marguerite was the first TV chef, the first to publish a colour cookbook and the first to recognise the magic of gadgets. So pull up a chair and feed your mind as we tuck into some of her recipes in the company of the food writer Claire Thomson, AKA @5oclockapron. It's hearty fare though we can't say the same about the food!Head over to www.trappedhistory.com to sign up to the award-winning podcast, get our newsletter, bonus episodes and much, much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to another episode of Wins and Wiffs!! Follow Chris's Remco Rabbit Hole journey, John thinks Beast Kingdom is ready to take over the mid-to-high-end adult collectible game, and Brandon finally acquires his VHS display bounty. What was YOUR biggest win of the week? Let us know in the comments below!!
At colleges around the US it's dead week right now AKA the last week before finals meant for studying.... but usually used for PARTYING. So we sent Jose and Alexis to a campus to see what the students are really up to!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
FOLKS, meet a brother running a strange grift, AKA standard practice, in ATTACK OF THE TINY CAPITALISTS. A normal person might call such people scammers, greedy, or conniving, but for me, they represent a deep-seated issue, not of human nature, but of how many have come to view everything as a transaction. Though, make no mistake, sometimes tiny capitalists whole game is to frame things as not about money, especially when it suits their MOOLAH. (0:00) - Banter (5:06) - AITA for being annoyed with my brother's favors which feel like a job? (17:49) - AITA for wanting my roomie to pay more rent for the main bedroom?(28:31) - AITA for making my roommate pay for electricity she didn't use? (40:10) - AITA for not wanting to pay my MIL's medical bills? BEST way to Submit a sitch or comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/AITApod/Email - amitheahole@gmail.com Join Patreon! https://patreon.com/aitapodWhat's on Patreon?- 250+ Bonus eps- NO ADS and accurate timestamps- Complain and comment DIRECTLY to Danny :D TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@aitapodInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/aita_pod/
RECAP GP MONACO 2026 - Kimi si prende anche il Principato! Non abbiamo davvero parole se non elogi e superlativi per AKA che ormai può davvero guardare al resto della stagione come l'occasione per il Mondiale! Dietro altra gara solida di Lewis e podio per Hadjar (soffiato a Gasly con polemica).Leclerc a muro, Max al palo, McLaren a Woking...tutto regolare, o no?Niente pausa, si va subito a Barcelona!CASCO è un podcast dell'universo V2B Media.
Remember Saturday morning cartoons? Yeah, those don't happen anymore. Every commercial break was selling us a new product; most of the products were toys based on the very cartoons we were watching! Nowadays on TV, you rarely see an ad for the latest, hottest, newest toy for your collection, so how do kids find out that the newest figure they NEED is now available? We don't know! We're asking!! Help us out...how do YOU think kids find out about the latest toy craze, if there even is one? Sound off in the comments below, or leave us a message on the FITT Voicemail Line!! DO IT!
It's a No Tangent Tuesday, which means everything is on topic — including Dave getting lost in Rockefeller Center for the hundredth time. Quinn is back from his antibiotic recovery, Jean just survived catering the Roots Picnic VIP section with a rented reefer truck (and a branch that won), and the California crew is dialing in from LA. Dave opens by explaining why his new miniature Ro-Tap machine — a 1917-standardized particle analysis sieve shaker running at exactly 150 BPM and 85 decibels — cannot, in good conscience, be operated in a Manhattan apartment. A caller brings the real problem of the week: his partner can't eat onions, and chili without onions is a crisis. Dave prescribes asafetida (AKA hing) and hints at fermented West African dawadawa as sulfur-forward workarounds. Quinn, recovering from his own dietary restrictions courtesy of a GERD diagnosis, has been running low-sodium experiments with glutamic acid powder — which leads to a full detour on salt, Tuscan bread, sweating bakers, and why the Civil War soldier's salt ration proves nothing. Bar food rankings break out organically: potato skins, mozzarella bricks, fried cheese curds, and the great belly clam vs. strip debate, with Dave confessing he failed his son by not making him eat belly clams in Connecticut. Quinn rounds things out with a pina colada gelato stabilizer deep-dive and a vanilla oleoresin gelato report, Dave gives out the full Razzmatazzarak recipe from the old Booker and Dax days, and God's mojito is teased for next time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June is our "judge a book by its cover" month! Aka we're picking books we think have really pretty covers and see if the story holds up to their pretty covers! And this week we're reading Meet Me In The Sky a cute rom com book about two men stranded in an airport together!Spoilers ahead!
Welcome Michał Zalewski, AKA lcamtuf! The lcamtuf Substack is where Michał is writing most these days Chris first found and geeked out about the CNC guide on the lcamtuf original site (discussed many times here) Michał is interested in the craft of teaching electronics He recently published The Secret Life of Circuits with No Starch Press Use the code AMPHOUR26 for 30% off The Secret Life of Circuits valid from June 1st through June 30th It was announced on his blog here Deriving fomulas from basic trigonometry sometimes bugs people who think electronics should only work with calculus Software geeks follow the site, often getting lots of attention on Hacker News Row hammer DRAM There were no Information Security degrees in the early days, so the field was made up of folks with backgrounds in math and EEs Fuzzing for security SMBC cartoon for blming humans Books American Fuzzy Lop The Tangled Web P0f v3 Silence on the Wire Security stuff (including books on the subject) ages over time, as opposed to electronics On the subjects of Calculators (and Michał’s collection) Calculators are a footnote in the history of computing, but still intriguing Dead ends in calculators CRT displays on calculators Nixie tubes Discrete moving into logic gates into processors Mechanical calculators are rare and get a high price online Working with transistors The Secret Life of Circuits start with FET based transistors vs BJT BJTs are often right after diode chapter because of the multiple junctions in an NPN, but that doesn’t make it easier to understand Projects A recent project involved making a clock out of current meters Woodworking and AI example Want to see all lcamtuf articles in one place? Sokoban Sir box-a-lot
From the notorious 4% Rotten Tomatoes "Steel" movie toys to the hidden history of Remco's legal battles with Mattel, we're diving deep into the weirdest corners of the 90s toy aisle. We breakdown why John is hunting for Shaquille O'Neal's John Henry Irons, the mystery of the "missing" Sinbad genie movie, and the insane $300 price tag on a carded Warrior Beast. Whether it's a vintage Star Wars Sigma mug Win or a yellowed blister pack Wiff, this episode is a nostalgia-fueled journey through the lines that time (and most collectors) forgot.
The best (and cheapest) therapy for those small things that get under your skin is sometimes a good venting session so you can get it off your chest and move on with your life! And if you're not privy to the first-hand vent-a-thon, then being a fly on the wall listening is hopefully equally therapeutic and also maybe entertaining. Welcome to Rant Therapy, a podcast short powered by the hosts of the Happy Eating podcast, Brierley Horton and Carolyn Williams, where we periodically share our real-life venting sessions with each other—AKA what we're “so over”. Rant Therapy: “You Remind Me of My Mother” Thank you for listening to Rant Therapy on the Happy Eating Podcast. Tune in weekly on Thursdays for new episodes and new rants on Tuesdays. For even more Happy Eating, head to our website! https://www.happyeatingpodcast.com Learn More About Our Hosts: Carolyn Williams PhD, RD: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realfoodreallife_rd/ Website: https://www.carolynwilliamsrd.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealFoodRealLifeRD/ Brierley Horton, MS, RD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brierleyhorton/ Got a question or comment for the pod? Please shoot us a message! happyeatingpodcast@gmail.com Produced by Lester Nuby OE Productions To contact Lester - olelegante@gmail.com
The podcast Gods have blessed us this week with VMs from The Pitt's key hairstylist, first name/last name (FNLN) Lynnae Duley as well as a check in from your best-friend's-best-friend, FNLN Daphne Arnold. Also, we highly recommend Tide evo AKA "laundry detergent tiles."ENOJY!!!!!Instagram and TikTok - momstomppodcastEmail - thismomstomps@gmail.comVM hotline - 213-640-7494Substack - Mom Stomp Weekly
Exploring Lewis' essay "Fern Seed and Elephants" AKA "Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism" with Dr. Leslie Baynes, who talks with us about her new book "Between Interpretation and Imagination: C.S. Lewis and the Bible" where she dedicates an entire chapter to Lewis' scholarship in "Fern Seed". We discuss Lewis' valid criticisms of biblical scholarship, as well as Dr. Baynes' valid criticisms of Lewis. Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewisPatreon: patreon.com/lesserknownlewisInstagram: @lesserknownlewisFacebook: Lesser-Known Lewis PodcastEmail: lesserknownlewis@gmail.comGraphic Design by Angus Crawford.Intro Music - Written by Jess Syratt, arranged & produced by Angus Crawford and Jordan Duncan.
This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Tatiana Maslany! Tatiana shares what it was like growing up in Regina, Saskatchewan, AKA the “middle of nowhere,” her multilingual upbringing, learning German as a baby, doing French improv as a kid, vivid memories of adventurous family trips filled with hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, and long drives to Banff, plus stories of Regina Beach fish and chips, dead-goldfish “graveyards,” moose sightings, walking pneumonia on vacation, and a snowboarding accident that left her with two sprained wrists. Plus, she also chats about starring in Apple TV's darkly comedic thriller “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed." Watch more Family Trips episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlqYOfxU_jQem4_NRJPM8_wLBrEEQ17B6 ------------------------- 00:00 Introduction with Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers 05:02 Book Club Night in New Orleans 08:07 Cinespia ET and Memorial Day 09:57 Introducing Tatiana Maslany 11:25 Wigs Orphan Black and The Americans 12:31 Regina Saskatchewan and Winnipeg Talk 14:51 French Improv and Language Upbringing 26:16 Vacations Germany Stickers and Regina Beach 33:51 Banff Adventures and Walking Pneumonia 35:16 No Camping Just Food 37:12 Burleys Skiing And Slopes 41:02 Road Trip Tunes And Raindrops 47:22 Travel For Work And Speed Round ------------------------- Support our sponsors: HIMS For simple, online access to personalized and affordable care for Hair Loss, ED, Weight Loss, and more, visit https://www.hims.com/trips Avocado mattress Go to https://avocadogreenmattress.com/trips to check out their mattress and furniture sale. That's Avocado Green Mattress dot com slash TRIPS IQ Bar Text TRIPS to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. Mint Mobile To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to https://mintmobile.com/trips ------------------------- Family Trips is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Theme song written and performed by Jeff Tweedy. ------------------------- About the Show: Lifelong brothers Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers ask guests to relive childhood memories, unforgettable family trips, and other disasters! New Episodes of Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers are available every Tuesday. ------------------------- Executive Producers: Rob Holysz, Jeph Porter, Natalie Holysz Creative Producer: Sam Skelton Coordinating Producer: Derek Johnson Video Editor: Josh Windisch Mix & Master: Josh Windisch Episode Artwork: Analise Jorgensen #familytrips #sethmeyers #joshmeyers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I have a rule: if somebody's going to be disappointed by my decisions, let it not be me.In this episode, I'm talking about one of the most common reasons smart, capable people hold back — the fear of being disappointed. Aka, a feeling.Protecting yourself from disappointment doesn't actually protect you. It just moves the disappointment earlier. You're already deciding you can't have what you want.In this episode I cover:Why "lowering your goal so you're not disappointed" is still disappointing yourselfThe real questions to ask when you're holding backMy SPACE framework for actually feeling your feelings The thought work pieceWhy "having your back" is one of the most strategic things you can doIf you enjoyed today's conversation, please follow, rate, and review Unblocked. It helps more people find these conversations and keeps this work going.RESOURCES:Order my #1 New Release book In Pursuit (chapter 6 goes in depth on emotional freedom)Click here for the Free the Feelings video and worksheets I mentionedGet your complimentary copy of The Unblocked Journal to help bring awareness to perfectionist thinking and what it's creating in your life.Join My Do The Thing Community - join the group and drop your questions from the podWANT MORE SUPPORT?If this episode resonated with you and you want deeper, personalized support, you can learn more about working with me at jessicasmarro.comSTAY CONNECTED:Follow me on Facebook & Instagram: @jessicasmarroShare this episode and tag me with what landed for youLet's Get Unblocked!
Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the podcast that invented continuity errors. This week: live forever; I’m an adult now; the worm turns; Spirit take; up and Atom; devil, devil; bible studies; the gods must be crazy; holy Moses; space is the place; the define one; fiddling while Rome earns; guilt furnishings; you are that temple; continuity eras; service issues; Mr. Crab; CBC and me; Switchback in the day; free content; bad connections; inclusive offer; teach your children; you gotta fight for your right to arty; the path to success; louts and fops; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; Jaws jabber; museum quality; cut it out; theSnyder cult; religious experience; Kelly girl; Baltimore ravin’; tracks of my tears; and, finally, Sparks! marks. Question of the Week: Where do you find a good sense of community?Sub-question of the Week: Do you pray? Thanks for listening. The opening for Vision On, which contains some early Aardman animation: The inspiration for Switchback, which Ian talks about on his new podcast CBC & Me: To actually see the Anthony Edwards’ impersonation of Princess Diana, you’ll have to follow this link to an Instagram reel. A video of Jordan Peterson frustrating a bunch of know-it-alls like a jerk (AKA the Dunning-Kruger Effect run rampant): And one more Princess Di sketch from SNL UK:
Is Hasbro's new $599 life-size Grogu a major Win or a total Wiff? We're breaking down the specs, the staggering price point, and why this animatronic "toy" has the FITT crew divided. From 250+ animations to the mystery of the 4 D batteries, we're asking the tough questions about the future of modern toy collecting and Star Wars memorabilia.Standing 14.6 inches tall, this 1:1 scale animatronic is impressive technologically, featuring 18 points of motorized articulation and 14 sensors that bring the "Child" to life. Whether he's using the "Force" to make his blue macaron vibrate or entering "Grab & Go" mode for your next cosplay, the engineering behind his squishy skin and directional audio is undeniable. However, with a $599 price tag, the collector community remains torn on whether these premium features—like the screen-accurate robes and "toddling" walk—justify the cost or if it's just a high-tech Wiff for most collectors.
Welcome to The CEO Brief - the chart-based business operating system delivered weekly for women founders who want to work with the sky, not at the mercy of it. This week's Brief is the inaugural episode of Chapter 6: THE ANCHOR, the chapter pillar that anchors the back half of 2026. Week 1 of June is THE AUDIT, AKA the most strategic week of the month. You'll walk through the sky transit by transit, day by day, with a full operational plan for what to do (and what not to do) from Monday June 1st through Sunday June 7th. What's inside this Brief: The two questions to sit with all week, and why they shape the entire chapter ahead Day-by-day operating instructions, Monday to Sunday, including the 90-minute audit window on Tuesday and the integration days that earn it The four elemental departments - what each element (Fire, Earth, Air, Water) is being asked to do this week, with per-sign personalisations A chart-in-practice moment showing how to read your own chart against this week's transits This week's card pull and what it means in context How to use Week 1 to set up the entire month of June - and the second half of 2026 If you're a founder who wants to stop reorganising your business every time a hard season shows up, this is the operating system that gives you the language for what's already happening, with the homework to use it.
Send us Fan MailOrange County's Mad Tab are in the hotseat this week. Their versitility and skilled musicianship will amaze you, their in-depth knowledge of all things punk, ska and reggae should astound you. When they last shit their pants will blow your mind. Also, their record label gaffer, Norwood from Fishbone, also pops in for a bit.Tom's got a gig report from his home county which includes the worst fight ever. Tom makes up a new country, Tom and Danny plan their next big day out, there's a top 5 and everything else you've become used to.Music this week is from: Rancid, Frenzy of Tongs, Billy & His Imaginary Wigan Mates, SNFU and Wheelchair Sports Camp.
In this edition of Viva La Trendvolucion, Jack and Miles discuss something bad Trump did/said, the Enhanced Games, the White House/UFC octagon, Elon Musk being mad at 'The Odyssey' for it's lack of realism AKA white women and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Explore the wild world of 80s and 90s action figure collecting as the FITT crew dives into "mid-modern" finds and rare carded figures. In this episode, we break down a major Win featuring a mint-on-card Makola from The Lost World of the Warlord and discuss why some modern collectibles might actually be a Wiff in disguise. Whether you're a die-hard Star Wars fan or a DC Universe completionist, we're uncovering the steals and the struggles of the current toy market.
Recapping The Dead Files “The Lady in Black” (Season 10 Episode 6)This week we did something we've somehow NEVER done before: we rolled dice live on-air to randomly pick a Dead Files episode, and watched it together completely blind in real time, IN PERSON.Which means you get our uncensored reactions, immediate theories, interruptions, chaos, and approximately seventeen side quests.The dice landed us in Marshalltown, Iowa for The Lady in Black, featuring a haunted house owned by paranormal investigators who may have finally found a case they can't handle themselves. Along the way we discuss violent hauntings, creepy staircases, spirit attachments, whether dead people sleep, and one deeply upsetting shallow grave situation involving Richard Tasler, AKA “the hobo con man.”We also spiral into:· whether closed captions help or destroy your ability to watch TV,· paranormal investigator qualifications,· Christian Science and faith healing,· Michael Peterson and the owl theory,· how many post-conviction filings is TOO many,· and why Amy would absolutely interview the family dog if given the opportunity.There are ghost children, a woman in a black veil, increasingly alarming injuries, and several moments where we completely derail ourselves before trying to remember we are technically recapping a television show.Ponder:If multiple people in a house think one family member is “changing” because of paranormal activity… but that person doesn't believe any of it… who do you trust?Witness:Steve swearing when he sees the sketch, and Megan reminding him it's a family show, damm*t!Weigh-In:If Amy Allan told you a spirit wanted your family gone and said moving was the only option… would you leave the house?So, grab your dice, your closed captions remote, and maybe a flashlight for the staircase… and join us where… The Activity Continues.Content Warning:Child death in history, and we do still swear.Chapter Markers00:00:25 Intro!00:06:23 Segment One – The Set Up00:19:09 Segment Two – Diggin' Tru00:25:59 – BREAK00:25:55 Sidequest: Megan Digs into Legal Stuff00:31:42 Back to the Show00:33:29 The Sketch00:34:41 Segment Three – The Reveal00:50:47 Next Time00:52:56 Outro/DisclaimerEpisode links:Find the Dead Files episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8651884/The Dead Files Official Podcast: https://pod.link/1642377102The Lady in Black: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-dead-files-4887850/episodes/the-lady-in-black-248858476The Activity Continues is a paranormal podcast where soul friends Amy and Megan chat about true crime, ghost stories, hauntings, dreams, and other paranormal stuff including the TV show, The Dead Files. Our recaps are full of recurring jokes about recurring tropes.This episode was recorded on April 27,2026, and released on May 28, 2026Disclaimer:The Activity Continues is not affiliated with Warner Bros., Max, Travel Channel, Painless Productions, or The Dead Files, nor are we connected to the cast or crew. We are simply fans who recap and discuss past episodes for entertainment and community-building purposes. We are not investigators, mediums, or paranormal professionals, and we do not accept or investigate case submissions.The Dead Files is no longer in production, though it continues to stream on various platforms.If you are seeking assistance for activity in your home or business, we recommend researching reputable investigators or professionals in your local area. Some people choose to begin by asking for recommendations at local metaphysical shops or spiritual community centers.Credits:Hosted by: Amy Lotsberg and Megan SimmonsProduction, Artwork, and Editing: Amy Lotsberg at Collected Sounds Media, LLC. https://www.collectedsounds.com/Theme song. “Ghost Story” and segment music by Melissa WestOverview music: “Beyond the Stars” by Chris CollinsAffiliates/SponsorsPlease see our Store page for all the links for all our current affiliates. https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/store/ Thank you for listening, take care of yourselves. We'll see you next time!If you want to hear us early and ad-free EVERY week, become a Patron, join our Ghosty Fam and get bonus exclusive episodes! https://www.patreon.com/theactivitycontinuesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Disclaimer: I'm a HUGE fan of Hench, so I couldn't wait to get my hands on the sequel! The wait was long, but at last readers can start reading Villain to learn what happens to Anna, AKA the Auditor, since she left The Draft and started working for Leviathan. Author (and game designer and journalist and wickedly witty) Natalie Zina Walschots explains what prompted her inventive and gripping superhero series and exposes the dark and painful journey leading to the sequel. Finding her way into this new story required a lot of chaos and soul-searching. I also learned about Natalie's favorite characters in her books and the most amazing unusual object she keeps in her workspace. Learn more about Guest Natalie Zina Walschots: https://nataliewalschots.com/ Learn more about Host Melissa Westemeier: https://www.melwestemeier.com/
In 1846, fourteen-year-old Angelique Cottin became known as the "Electric Girl" when she unleashed an unexplainable force that sent furniture flying, baffled scientists, and terrified priests, all while her family sought fortune from her mysterious powers.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/ElectricPoltergeistGirlFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: In 1846, a 14-year-old peasant girl from rural France caught the attention of the country and eventually the world because of a strange current of electricity running through her. Angelique Cottin, a girl of small stature, was suddenly and uncontrollably moving furniture weighing hundreds of pounds across the room. In the end, over 2,000 witnesses saw the unexplainable phenomenon. Of the few recorded cases of psychokinesis throughout history, even fewer are as bizarre as the story of Angelique Cottin, AKA the Poltergeist Girl. (The Poltergeist Girl) *** The Codex Gigas... a colossal manuscript steeped in mystery. Not just in it's pages, but in its origin. Is it true that a monk penned the pages after striking a deal with the devil in order to complete it? (Codex Gigas: The Devil's Bible) *** When you think of people living in medieval times, what do you see? People with bad teeth and breath? Witches being burned? Women had no rights or jobs? People tossed their urine and feces in the street? They thought the earth was flat? Hold up… are you sure about that last one? (The Dark Ages And The Flat Earth) *** In 1941, in the quiet town of Media, Pennsylvania, a horrific crime shocked the community. Two elderly sisters, Elizabeth Watson and Belle Geary, were brutally attacked, leading to Elizabeth's death and Belle's prolonged suffering. As authorities honed in on a suspect, 14-year-old John Leeds emerged as the prime candidate. Despite his confession, his mother staunchly defended him, sparking a legal battle that gripped the nation. (The Octogenarian Murders) *** Are whales dangerous? Most would note that, given from the danger associated with such a large animal, there is a certain risk in getting close to one. But most would also note that whales have a curious, gentle temperament and physical violence from one is very unlikely. Unless, that is, you consider those times when they literally explode. (Exploding Whales)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:01:01.789 = Show Open00:04:04.658 = Poltergeist Girl00:17:15.982 = Codex Gigas: The Devil's Bible ***00:26:27.659 = The Dark Ages and the Flat Earth00:37:39.247 = Octogenarian Murders ***00:47:11.722 = Exploding Whales00:54:00.406 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The Poltergeist Girl” by Liv Pasquarelli for Graveyard Shift: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ydvwhbsf“Codex Gigas: The Devil's Bible” by Mark Miller for Historic Mysteries.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4csh764d“The Dark Ages And The Flat Earth” by Gemma Hollman for JustHistoryPosts.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/8bkkyyt3“The Octogenarian Murders” by Robert A. Waters for Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/63wkx844“Exploding Whales” by Bipin Dimri for HistoryMysteries.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4aaf6kmy(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: March 27, 2024
JFD returns just in time to spoil your Memorial Day weekend with a trio of cult flicks, two loosely connected to the world of Archie Comics and one that is decidedly not.Up first, is Hot Times (AKA A Hard Day For Archie), a raunchy sex comedy from 1974 with characters roughly modeled after Archie and his gang but instead of Riverdale, they live in grimy 70's New York City. Directed by celebrated underground director Jim McBride, the plot (as it is) follows Archie as he tried to get laid on New Year's Eve.Next, we have the sprawling, methodical Lake of Illusions from 1982. A Toho release about a young woman working in a history-themed bath house who loves to run and loves her dog but finds her world turned upside down when he canine companion is killed.And finally, early 2000's pop culture is on full display in Josie and the Pussycats from 2001 starring Rachel Leigh Cook, Rosario Dawson and Tara Reid as a pop-punk band who finds themselves in the middle of a capitalist conspiracy when they are inexplicably signed to a major label and marketed as the next big thing.All this plus Obsession chat, Kevin's adventures in the Motor City, 70's Brazilian cult cinema debuting stateside, Sam Raimi gets into dolls, more flicks from Indonesian horror icon Suzanna to own and so much more!LISTEN NOW:MP3 Direct DonloydAlso, if you like the show, please take a minute and subscribe and/or comment on us on iTunes, Stitcher, Blubrry or Podfeed.net. Check us out on Facebook and Twitter! We'd love to see some of your love on Patreon - it's super easy and fun to sign up for the extra bonus content. We'll keep this podcast going with your love and support.
Host Steve Turk welcomes Larry Korman, co-CEO of Korman Communities and president of AKA Hotel Residences, to discuss his lifelong path in hospitality and residential real estate, from childhood work in the family business to leading a five-generation legacy. Korman explains how his father's pie-shaped Philadelphia apartments sparked the furnished-apartment concept, later branded as Korman Suites, and how Larry and his brother built Korman Communities and evolved the model into luxury hotel residences under AKA, now spanning 16 properties over 22 years. He shares formative training in England, insights from Japanese hospitality, and a leadership philosophy centered on earning respect by doing frontline work, supporting teams and staying on property. Korman details AKA's partnership with Airbnb that helped shape Airbnb Luxe, a strategy of optimizing cash flow, and plans to repurpose iconic hotels, expand in Florida, and grow globally with a strong health and wellness focus.00:00 Podcast Welcome00:31 Sponsor Lodgify01:34 Meet Larry Korman02:03 Early Hospitality Roots02:57 Five Generation Legacy04:11 Birth of Furnished Stays04:51 Branding Korman Suites07:03 Design Passion Duke Days08:17 Old School Training09:28 Japan Hospitality Lessons12:27 Earning Team Respect15:21 COVID Leadership Onsite16:29 Synergy And Marketing20:31 Why Residences Win23:14 Airbnb Luxe Partnership27:07 Scaling AKA And Ave30:03 Collaboration Culture30:49 Leading Without Dashboards31:28 On Site Hospitality32:29 Home Away From Home33:36 Brother Partnership Split35:28 Growth Through Repurposing38:34 Miami Florida Expansion40:01 Global Wellness Vision43:08 Hospitality Role Models45:30 Keeping Teams Loyal49:33 Advice To Younger Self50:54 Wrap Up Sponsor Biscayne Coffee
Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with AKA, Al Cologne, Ruti, Night Swimming, ashnymph, Lou YWA, DBL A, L E M F R E C K, Georgian, Folly Oh Yes, Dermot Henry, a new Track of the Week from The Healing Power of Horses, and Heidi Curtis is our Featured Artist for May!Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.
Aqua announced they are breaking up after 0 years of being in a band. Who knew they stayed together after “Barbie girl”? Anna's “it's been going on too long” list is revealed. Producer Jon is back today to discuss (in song) the first anticipated trillionaire & next year's Super Bowl location! Also, his exciting weekend plans. Happy Friday Congrats! You made it to the Friday of Memorial Day Weekend! (Aka, the unofficial kick off to summer!) What was the weirdest thing you saw this week? Anna, Raven, Producer Justin, and Producer Sophia all share their experiences. Pick Em' News! 3 headlines, Raven picks one to hear the full story. #1, Man sets off fireworks in Walmart to steal $10,000 in jewelry, #2 former McDonald's manager charged after contaminating ex-girlfriends food. #3 four species of aliens in crashed UFOs according to CIA scientists! Apparently more recess actually benefits kids! Anna asked her 7-year-old what she does at recess; her lack of upper body strength (passed down from Anna) may affect her answer before she knows it. Who doesn't want to test instruments at Guitar Center? Former producer Jon is back to see if he can play the top 5 most played riffs in a Guitar Center. Every week Anna and Raven invite a middle school student to participate in Middle Schooler News! They report the headline news and Anna and Raven comment on it! This week Jake joins the show and Anna and Raven find out what's going on in the world! It's Mommy's Margarita Friday! It's been a week! For all you do, and all you put up with this week, you earned yourself a reward! What did you do for your Mommy Margarita? Brittney Spears body cam footage was released from her DUI arrest in March. Her plea to be let off the hook was a promise to cook the cops homemade lasagna. That work's Sandra and Joe just celebrated their 6-month anniversary. When they were at dinner, Joe dropped a huge bomb. He has a kid. Sandra did not take the news well as she is only 24 and is not ready to be a step-mom. She isn't sure she even wants kids at all. She doesn't know why he waited so long to tell her and is more mad about the fact that he was hiding it. He says he was waiting until he knew her well enough and knew he could trust her with the information. She's reconsidering the relationship, he doesn't think it's a dealbreaker. Is six months too long to tell someone that you have a child? James has a chance to win $1,100! All he has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can't Beat Raven!
A little quickie pep talk for you today, can you trust this is for YOU if you're finding it now? For all the best reasons, our brain may stump our growth and expansion and ability to feel good and even feel okay with feeling good, because it'd rather keep you safe AKA controlled and small.Well, this pep talk will help you build awareness and ability to recognize THE most natural things in this life to experience actually are feeling good [worthiness] and wanting more [abundance].Now's your time!_______________________________________________REBEKKA'S LINKS :WORK WITH REBEKKA / 1:1 ALIVENESS JOURNEY :: START HERE⚡️ MEMBERSHIP :: RADICAL ALIVENESS :: here
In this week's Meghan month episode, the girls talk The Lost Boys. No, not the peter pan lost boys, the vampire lost boys. AKA the corey's and the grandpa and the mediocre white men. Which apparently is tragic, even though it is absolutely Meghan's type. Enjoy the ramblings from the porch, the rants about who's face we hate, and sex songs. Happy Birthday Meghan! Follow LTP on Social Media
T-Mil had a Fiery PSA on Wednesday for the Tennessee Titans, AKA- the "Fake Ass Oilers of Nashville"! OH MY H-Town..! full 641 Thu, 21 May 2026 02:55:31 +0000 cwXtaOZZc4IcFENwq7mz4LEAVwVdlyNX nfl,afc,tennessee titans,cj stroud,houston texans,afc south,nfl news,nashville,htown,h-town,houston texans nfl,texans news,stroud,nashville titans,htown blue,hannah mcnair,amy adams,nfl news notes,houston texans news,texans news notes,houston texans news notes,fake oilers,titans news,columbia blue,h-town blue,titans fake oilers,houston history,h tine,sports The Drive with Stoerner and Hughley nfl,afc,tennessee titans,cj stroud,houston texans,afc south,nfl news,nashville,htown,h-town,houston texans nfl,texans news,stroud,nashville titans,htown blue,hannah mcnair,amy adams,nfl news notes,houston texans news,texans news notes,houston texans news notes,fake oilers,titans news,columbia blue,h-town blue,titans fake oilers,houston history,h tine,sports T-Mil had a Fiery PSA on Wednesday for the Tennessee Titans, AKA- the "Fake Ass Oilers of Nashville"! OH MY H-Town..! The Drive with Stoerner & Hughley delivers high-energy Houston sports talk built for H-Town fans who want insight with edge. Former NFL quarterback Clint Stoerner teams up with Ron “The Show” Hughley to break down everything that matters in Houston sports — from Texans training camp storylines and NFL playoff races to Astros postseason pushes and Rockets rebuild updates. A must-listen for Houston sports talk, the show blends locker-room perspective, strong opinions and authentic fan energy while covering SEC football, UH hoops, college sports across Texas and the biggest headlines shaping the NFL and MLB. For passionate, informed and locally-focused Houston sports analysis, The Drive with Stoerner & Hughley keeps fans connected to the teams and stories that define the city. © 2026 Audacy, Inc. Sport
Uncover which 2026 summer blockbusters will deliver a massive collectible Win and which highly anticipated releases are shaping up to be a total Wiff for your collection. We dive deep into the upcoming theater slate, pitting massive blockbusters directly against Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu to analyze how these cinematic events will shift the action figure market, drive rare inventory grabs, and affect current toy values. Whether you are hunting down new inventory or mapping out your collection strategy for the upcoming wave, these essential market trends and hunt strategies give you the ultimate edge.
Witness an extremely rare 1970s HG Toys Alien Target Set win and the massive Wiff of John's permanent Facebook ban in this episode of FITT. We dive into the bizarre Walmart shipping strategy that separates heroes from villains on the shelves and unbox some rare Warrior Beasts "Gecko" variants. From early Mandalorian Baby Yoda nostalgia to the new Jared Leto Skeletor movie figures, we're covering the biggest hits and misses in the toy collecting world.
Ever noticed yourself holding your breath while checking your email?Or reading the news?Or seeing a text notification flash on your phone?This week on Vedge Your Best, Annette and Graham Henry, AKA the Vegan Breathing Coaches join the pod.Berlin-based Brits Annette and Graham are vegan. They are breathing coaches. And they are talking to us about something most of us assume we already know how to do: breathe.We talk about mouth breathing, nose breathing, over-breathing, breath-holding, snoring, sleep, anxiety, posture, modern stress, and the very real phenomenon sometimes called “email apnea.”But this conversation is really about something bigger than breath.It's about noticing what we didn't know we weren't noticing.So many of us walk around thinking, “I'm just anxious,” or “I just don't sleep well,” or “I'm just overwhelmed,” when sometimes there may be something very basic happening in the body that we have not even considered.And if you are part of the Vedge Your Best community, you know how much of changing our lives begins with awareness. We inherited a way of eating. We inherited ideas about animals, food, normalcy, health, and comfort. And apparently, many of us may also have inherited or developed breathing habits that are not serving us as well as we think.This is not a magic wand episode. Breathing does not fix everything. Veganism does not fix everything. No single practice fixes everything.But sometimes change begins with one small question:What if this thing I thought was “just me” is actually something I can understand, support, or gently change?In this episode, we talk about:Why Annette and Graham call themselves the Vegan Breathing CoachesWhat “email apnea” is and why so many of us may be holding our breath without realizing itHow modern stress, phones, inboxes, posture, and daily habits may affect the way we breatheThe difference between mouth breathing and nose breathingWhy “just take a deep breath” may not always be the most helpful adviceHow breathing patterns can relate to sleep, anxiety, snoring, and feeling constantly on alertWhy the diaphragm matters more than many of us realizeThe connection between awareness, body signals, and lasting changeWhy noticing your breath can be a useful practice — without turning it into one more perfectionist projectImportant NoteThis episode is for education and curiosity. It is not medical advice. If you have sleep apnea, significant breathing concerns, chronic insomnia, panic attacks, serious snoring, or you are considering something like mouth taping — especially for a child — please work with a qualified professionalResourcesLearn more about Annette and Graham Henry and their breathing resources here: https://www.henryandhenryeu.com/Mentioned in this episode:Breath by James NestorSubscribe & Review:If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback helps us grow and share the message of plant-based living with more listeners.For more information, to submit a question or topic, or to book a free 30 minute Coaching session visit veganatanyage.com or email info@micheleolendercoaching.com Music, Production, and Editing by Charlie Weinshank. For inquiries email: charliewe97@gmail.com Virtual Support Services: https://proadminme.com/
Wrestling legend Paul Wight, AKA the Big Show, joins Bush & Richie to talk all things AEW.
Episode 13: The Trial Series Where is Chancellor's Aka trial? How many previous court proceedings have happened before the trial in the first episode? Why does Vance use the trials of the Burn to justify child separation? What is really hidden behind a lot of amazing Starfleet Trial speeches? When does Brakka'a trial fall apart? Join Ashlyn and Rhianna as they discuss the trials episode in Starfleet Academy season one! This is the thirteenth and FINAL episode of our Trial Series, where Ashlyn and Rhianna talk about the Trial episodes of every Star Trek show. SPOILER WARNING: Starfleet Academy Next time, we will head to catch up on another series! DISCLAIMER: We do not own any of the rights to Star Trek or its affiliations. This content is for review only. Our intro and outro is by Jerry Goldsmith. Rule of Acquisition #41: Profit is its own reward Please check out our Patreon and donate any $1, $6, $10, or $20 per month to access exclusive episodes of trivia, documentary review, and reviews of every episode of The Animated Series, Lower Decks and the Short Treks, plus our mini-series. Head to https://www.patreon.com/thedurassisterspodcast for all this and more!
Van and Rachel react to Jason Lee and Peter Rosenberg's "culture vulture" conversation and the AKA's being upset with Rachel, before discussing Chud the Builder's shooting and arrest and calls for student-athletes to boycott SEC schools. Then author Tiffany D. Cross joins to talk about her new book, ‘Love, Me: A Letter to Black Women in a Toxic Country, Career, and Relationship.' (0:00) Intro (13:47) Jason Lee, Peter Rosenberg and culture vulture accusations (27:12) AKA Sorority Inc. backlash (35:29) Chud the Builder shooting (45:57) SEC boycott (1:02:10) Tiffany D. Cross joins the show (1:07:56) What to love about being a Black woman (1:35:49) Black and interracial love (1:59:19) Scott Jennings and platforming conservatives Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Tiffany D. Cross Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Jade Whaley Social Producer: Bernard Moore Video Supervision: Chris Thomas and Jacob Cornett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today's phenomenal story is all seven parts of ‘I Found My Likeness in a Torture Game', a brilliant original series by Caleb Sliger, AKA cesly1987; shared directly with me via my sub-reddit and read here with the author's express permission:https://www.reddit.com/user/cesly1987/
Van and Rachel recap ‘The Roast of Kevin Hart' and discuss this era of gerrymandering and ABC challenging the FCC. Then, Stephen A. Smith has a wish for Black voters, James Charles apologizes, and Caitlin Clark does the Morgan Wallen walk. (0:00) Intro (0:14) 'The Roast of Kevin Hart' (17:27) Virginia redistricting ruling (36:04) ABC vs. the FCC (48:02) Stephen A. Smith and the Black vote (1:02:29) James Charles berates former Spirit Airlines employee (1:33:28) Caitlin Clark and Morgan Wallen (1:43:03) A white, MAGA member of AKA sorority? Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Jade Whaley Social Producer: Bernard Moore Video Supervision: Chris Thomas and Jacob Cornett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The best (and cheapest) therapy for those small things that get under your skin is sometimes a good venting session so you can get it off your chest and move on with your life! And if you're not privy to the first-hand vent-a-thon, then being a fly on the wall listening is hopefully equally therapeutic and also maybe entertaining. Welcome to Rant Therapy, a podcast short powered by the hosts of the Happy Eating podcast, Brierley Horton and Carolyn Williams, where we periodically share our real-life venting sessions with each other—AKA what we're “so over”. Rant Therapy: No Man Buns Thank you for listening to Rant Therapy on the Happy Eating Podcast. Tune in weekly on Thursdays for new episodes and new rants on Tuesdays. For even more Happy Eating, head to our website! https://www.happyeatingpodcast.com Learn More About Our Hosts: Carolyn Williams PhD, RD: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realfoodreallife_rd/ Website: https://www.carolynwilliamsrd.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealFoodRealLifeRD/ Brierley Horton, MS, RD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brierleyhorton/ Got a question or comment for the pod? Please shoot us a message! happyeatingpodcast@gmail.com Produced by Lester Nuby OE Productions To contact Lester - olelegante@gmail.com